>First officer is a captain in his own right, who refuses to accept his own commission >Chief of Operations is a (almost) one-of-a-kind android with hyper-intelligence and super strength >Chief Engineer has space goggles that allow him to see throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum >Chief of Security is the first and (at the time) only Klingon in Starfleet, who's family name still gives him some sway in the Empire >Doctor is the mother of a boy-genius engineering savant, who is so intelligent he eventually thinks himself into a higher plane of existence >Ships counselor can read emotions and instantly tell when anyone is lying
Picard had it on easy mode.
Jack Sullivan
It's not a competition, Jim.
Joshua Clark
His biggest problem is revolt
Brandon Smith
Well it is the Federation Flagship...
Liam Long
Not to mention he had the backing of Q, an omnipotent godlike being, and his bartender was a magical black space wizard.
Anthony King
You're right. Assembling a top quality team is one of the main reasons he is so good. There are also several reasons other captains can't do the same thing.
>Other Captains can'tinspire the respect that makes a captain willing to serve under him >Other captains refuse to trust an android >Other captains are too prejudiced to accept geordie Cos he's Bla- i mean blind >Other captains are too petty to bury the hatchet with klingons and probs couldn't make one tow the line anyway (see riker) >he's gotta bang someone >Not having a betazoid on your ship is probs retarded because they are so useful, and ships councillor is an astoundingly obvious position for them.
In short Picard was in easy mode because he wanted it that way, and built a crew that made it like that. His job is hard enough as it is, no need to build a retarded monotone crew to make it even harder
Jaxon Baker
All this and no Science Officer? What was Picard thinking fielding a team with no scientific lead?
Sebastian Bennett
>Picard had it on easy mode.
It's been a while since I gave a shit about star trek but it seemed like every second episode was an end-of-humanity scenario in NGE.
Tyler Thomas
Didn't Data pull double duty there?
Jace Evans
>>First officer is a captain in his own right, who refuses to accept his own commission
>Federation cucks buttblasted that Riker can literally run circles around them blindfolded, will literally put their pride above asking for his assistance in completing a mission
Why they so salty tho
Anthony Ramirez
>helm, set walkies coordinates for the park. maximum warp.
Thomas Young
this, you don't put bad people on the flagship
also Janeway made her own crew and chose to use people like Paris instead and she still went easy mode when they got Seven of nine
and Kirk and is crew were all super space heroes by the end showing that were gifted humans to begin with
the only ones that had it hard were the people on ENT
DS9 had it easy too with Sisko "I am the Messiah", magical shapeshifter ubermensch, doctor with a super computer in his head, Kira and the other sluts and O'Brein which was probably a McGyver descendant
Nathan Flores
He also had specialized science departmentswith their own department heads on board. Like the one he was banging for that one episode
Juan Thomas
>Picard had it on easy mode. Flagship of the Federation.
Nathaniel Sanchez
Man, Paris was, like, the best helmsman in the galaxy, who only happened to have some minor problems with authority, that could be ironed out under a good (in her own opinion) captain.
Parker Ross
>Paris was, like, the best helmsman in the galaxy
Wouldn't data be better than any human at flying?
Caleb Hall
Data would be better than any human at everything, my friend. Remember that one time when he went nuts and took control of Enterprise on his own? Why's the Fed not replicating Data's and manning starships with them is a mystery only the Federation higher-ups know the answer to. Not to mention they wouldn't even need that many of them to run a ship effectively, with automation and the mainframe computer.
Carson Bell
>had the backing of Q You mean constantly getting fucked with by Q? With backers like that who needs enemies.
Jayden Rivera
they can't build other Datas, they don't have the technology to replicate them
Asher Gomez
>Data would be better than any human at everything, my friend.
tng makes a point of showing data is vastly inferior to humans in some ways
Luis Harris
They ain't doing anything about it either. Even a fucking hologram projection could work (see: Moriarty, the Doc). They should stop fucking around and pump all the money into AI research.
It's the Spock case. Niggas wanted to be people instead of being superior to them.
Aaron Robinson
Picard > Sisko > Kirk > Janeway > Archer
Colton Roberts
This. Part of being a great leader is knowing how to pick your team. He also was never afraid of getting his own hands dirty, and working alongside his team.
Picard is the best captain for a lot of reasons.
Charles Rodriguez
I agree with this, but I really like Picard, Sisko, Kirk it is genuinely difficult for me to pick who I like most.
That being said, in terms of ability, I think this is correct.
Josiah Watson
There were plenty of situations that only Picard could handle.
Elijah Thompson
Troi is utterly useless though.
Jeremiah Bailey
Kirk is in an entirely different league than Sisko
Evan Perry
How many times did Data malfunction though? If he were a human wouldn't he have been declared Section 8 a long time ago?
Jaxson Miller
>They should stop fucking around and pump all the money into AI research.
Yeah, I'm sure that will go well and in no way end up back firing in to a Borg like entity. There are just things that you can't rely on machines for.
Enterprise died too soon. They should have gave it one more season or they should have gotten their act together sooner at least. Maybe then they could have avoided cancellation.
Carson Cruz
Jellico was the better captain.
Ryan Phillips
Kirk was a retard most of the time.
Kayden Perez
Q liked him too much to do any real harm. HE was more like practice, kept Picard fit so he could take on the rest of the universe.
Jackson Perry
>tfw without Q fuckery they would have never met the Borg before it was too late
Easton Thomas
>Ships counselor can read emotions and instantly tell when anyone is lying >Can't tell until it's too late 90% of the time Fucking usless
Colton Wright
>It's a Q shitposting IRL episode
Alexander Rivera
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Brandon Martinez
Is Data permanently Officer-on-Watch since he doesn't need to sleep?
James Rivera
Probably not the primary one since they try to treat me like a regular crew member and give him rest time, but I'm sure he's on call and first to step up if someone needs off.
Grayson Young
Kind of feel bad for Riker in that sense, since he's the only average Joe surrounded by superhumans on the Enterprise.
John Brown
One episode showed him taking the captain's chair at night. Not sure when he takes his rest time
Jacob Watson
Greatness attracts greatness. It's no surprise the best captain had the best crew.
Robert Ramirez
You're talking about Data's Day, right? I'm pretty sure he only started "sleeping" when he unlocked his dream functions.
Hunter Turner
Daily reminder than "ship counselor" is an euphemism for "Starfleet political comissar" >Exists out of the chain of command >Sits on the right of the Captain >Can remove the captain from his position if his "mental state" is not right >Upholds the values of the Federation >Her duty is to keep up the moral of the crew >Can almost read your fucking mind
Luis Walker
Well it was written by commies after all.
Christopher Edwards
Well Troy was super useless and never did anything. She was a glorified Therapist that always told Picard and Co. the most obvious shit. >Captain I sense hostility in this Romulan
Ian Russell
>Exists out of the chain of command Isn't she a Commander by season 5 or 6?
>Upholds the values of the Federation >Her duty is to keep up the moral of the crew >Can almost read your fucking mind Picard does all of these things already.
John Nguyen
>tow the line lmao holy shit brainlet
Elijah Wright
>Cunstable Helen of Troy what is the emotion state blah blah literally who cares >Commander Jean-Claude Poopoo Peepee, you have autism from PTSD of things that happend sometime before >I don't care, space nigger Wolf, Bearded Biker drive us to planet North Korea, we'll use reason and proverbs and shit instead of our laserguns. I literally believe what Reddit believes. >Captain Poirot, Commodore 64 Beta is malfunctioning! Again! Who watches this garbage?
Cooper Young
They were actively trying to replicate data's design throughout the series. Only data himself ever succeeded by producing lal
Hunter Nguyen
What makes you think that? Without the Borg being told where the Feddies were, they would hqve more time to develop their technology without constant Borg attacks setting them back. Imagine if Q wasn't there and Captain Braxton was the first to meet the Borg.
John Wilson
I think the Borg were already traveling toward the Alpha quadrant and the federation, this without taking in consideration Voyager
Wyatt Gonzalez
>Borg attacks >setting them back
The Borg is the only reason the Federation got off their asses and developed new tech. Without the Borg then the Defiant would never have been developed and the Federation would have lost to the Dominion.
Jeremiah Bennett
>the defiant >being useful in any shape or way >designed to fight the Borg >sucked at it
Meanwhile Janeway with a simple intrepid class destroyed a queen and the ability of the borg to travel through the galaxy
Luis Reyes
Janeway used 7 to accomplish those feats. Worfs defiant saved the earth
Robert Adams
>used 7 to accomplish those feats
and who decided to help 7 to begin with? Janeway. So it's her merit as a good captain and a good judge of character.
>Worfs defiant saved the earth
no, it didn't?
Ryder Walker
Bullshit.
Sisko, Picard, and Kirk are entirely suited for different tasks.
If I needed a negotiator or politician? I'd pick Picard.
If I needed an explorer? I'd pick Kirk.
If I needed a military leader? I'd pick Sisko.
Kirk and Picard are in no way suited for the stresses, and incredibly hard decision making that comes with an actual war. Sisko is.
For instance, imagine if Picard was in charge of DS9 instead of Sisko. He would have lost that outpost so fast, and very probably would have been killed the same way that Admiral who followed Sisko was. I always assumed that they had that Admiral die to show us what would have happened if Picard was running the show, and not Sisko.
Carson Ross
What's Star Treks reasoning for there being so many humanoid alien species?
Luke Allen
Lol nope
Kirk and Picard would have done fine.
Dylan Jones
He was captain of that bucket of bolts the Stargayzer for 23 years, don't you think he earned it?
Juan Hall
>Picard >"I'M GOING TO TRY AND NEGOTIATE PEACEFULLY WITH THE MINDLESS, SUICIDAL JIHADIS."
Really? You really think his ass wouldn't have gotten killed on first contact?
Kirk would have been okay, but he played too close to the front. I can't imagine a situation where he wasn't killed after trying to tango with too many Jem'Hadar ships. This is basically what happened to a lot of the Klingons, and they had cloaks.
Chase Perry
So you didn't actually see any of the shows outside of DS9 right?
Gotcha
Isaiah Stewart
I've watched TOS, TNG, DS9, and half of Voyager.
I can't get past the opening on Enterprise, and Voyager just gets too retarded for me to try and finish.
I've also seen all of the movies, except a few TNG ones.
Bentley Brooks
and yet you perpetuate the meme that Picard was some kind of pacifist
and like you said Kirk was a trained soldier who fought wars so he was way more qualified for that position than someone like Sisko
Logan Russell
Kirk was a trained soldier who was willing to go to war, but he never fought wars. The Organians forced a peace treaty on him before he could go to war.
Zachary Robinson
apparently humans and most other humanoids share a common distant ancestor
Jaxon Smith
They went to war later on anyway until that one Klingon's moon exploded destroying their energy production capabilities
Dylan Turner
They had a cold war, not a hot war.
The most action we ever saw was one ship blowing up and another being captured in III.
Sebastian Kelly
>and yet you perpetuate the meme that Picard was some kind of pacifist
He very much was though. He did everything he could to minimize the loss of life, and often burned time trying to think of the possible greater ethical problems than the actual repercussions of his actions. There is nothing wrong with this, he is literally the only guy I'd pick for the job in a lot of situations but not as the offensive coordinator for a massive, sector wide war.
After everything was finished, then I'd bring Picard in. He'd be way more useful doing humanitarian missions, and trying to build relationships.
Kirk was a trained soldier, yes, but as the other user pointed out - that was mostly a Cold War with greater political stakes than anything. The Fed-Cardie war that O'Brien took part in was considerably more hostile, albeit on a much smaller scale.
Really, I just wouldn't pick Kirk because he would probably want to lead from the front, and would try to do anyway even if he was explicitly told not to.
Sisko knew what he could get away with, and what he couldn't. He kept to the rear and played diplomat far more than he struck out and fought. He was capable of seeing the broader picture, knew why he was instrumental, and simultaneously was a good captain. He struck a nice middle ground between Kirk and Picard. That's why in an actual open war, I'd want to stick with Sisko and not the other two.